Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
JOHN ORTBERGToo often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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